DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.9 - - 84.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 155 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2856 - - 2222 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2545 - - 1986 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3745 - - 3111 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2004 - - 1631 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 291 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 227 - - 240 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 657 - - 295 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3088 - - 2816 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 108 - - -620 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3637 - - 3731 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 97 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2790 - - 3120 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.9 - - 84.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 74.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.6 - - 83.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 74.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 155 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2856 - - 2222 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 86 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 19 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99607 30 086 26 107 99607 92055 29 092 25 094 92055 86244 22 085 25 094 86244 81427 17 084 24 085 81427 77286 19 099 17 088 77286 73634 19 091 14 092 73634 70330 19 076 16 080 70330 67301 18 056 16 069 67301 64504 19 047 12 042 64504 61810 17 001 14 350 61810 59010 16 351 11 335 59010 56118 33 334 26 336 56118 53382 42 317 37 314 53382 50930 41 323 44 324 50930 48741 59 334 61 323 48741 46756 73 326 62 316 46756 44918 69 318 63 317 44918 43202 65 317 63 318 43202 41594 64 320 64 319 41594 40083 63 320 66 320 40083 38666 61 319 67 318 38666 37304 59 317 63 314 37304 35923 56 315 63 310 35923 34486 58 318 65 309 34486 32993 58 318 66 308 32993 31428 54 314 66 308 31428 29784 51 314 55 315 29784 28065 46 319 46 306 28065 26277 45 319 44 299 26277 24415 44 310 39 304 24415 22473 42 303 38 310 22473 20450 41 313 40 311 20450 18349 43 323 38 317 18349 16213 46 323 38 326 16213 14156 47 315 38 332 14156 12283 47 316 36 343 12283 10615 40 336 28 342 10615 9129 28 339 17 342 9129 7804 17 335 12 339 7804 6623 9 324 8 316 6623 5574 6 308 10 270 5574 4650 4 283 13 269 4650 3832 6*244 12*269 3832 3100 7*231 9*257 3100 2453 8 228 7 239 2453 1913 8 227 7 236 1913 1498 8 225 6 234 1498 1212 7 225 6 233 1212 1039 7 225 5 232 1039 939 6 225 5 231 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography